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Method and Apparatus for Actively Managing Consumption of Electric Power Supplied by One or More Electric Utilities

US 8,010,812 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Aug 28, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Mar 1, 2010 as application 12/715,124 · Granted Aug 30, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Aug 28, 2007
Term ends
Aug 28, 2027
Granted
Aug 30, 2011
base term fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
74
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 28, 2007, when application 11/895,909, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 1, 2010)Aug 28, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 28, 2027High confidence

This family

US 7,715,951In force
Apr 2028
Apr 2028
Application 12/001,819Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2008/010200PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2008/010199PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 61/215,725Provisional application
no patent term
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Application 61/216,712Provisional application
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Application 61/278,669Provisional application
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Application 61/279,072Provisional application
no patent term
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8 of 74 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 1, 2010
Reel 24008, frame 611
Forbes, Joseph W., JR.; Webb, Joel L.Consert Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 26, 2012
Reel 29351, frame 736
Consert Inc.Comerica BankSecurity Agreement
Jan 4, 2013
Reel 29572, frame 46
Forbes, Joseph W., JR.Joseph W. Forbes, Jr.Notification of Rights
Jan 15, 2013
Reel 29634, frame 656
Forbes, Joseph W., JR.BCIP Ventures LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 8, 2013
Reel 29781, frame 915
Comerica BankConsert, Ic.Release of Security Interest
Jun 6, 2013
Reel 30563, frame 480
Forbes, Joseph W., JR.Consert, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 12, 2013
Reel 30786, frame 902
Forbes, Joseph W., JR., MR.; BCIP Ventures LLCConsert Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2017
Reel 41583, frame 111
Consert, Inc.Landis+gyr Technology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 15, 2017
Reel 41583, frame 154
Landis+gyr Technology, Inc.Landis+gyr Innovations, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 27, 2023
Reel 65382, frame 483
Landis+gyr Innovations, Inc.Landis+gyr Technology, Inc.Merger

Sources

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